Zarghun South Gas Field
Zarghun South Gas Field, located in the Balochistan region, is characterized by its remote and high-security-risk environment. The exploration journey commenced with the drilling of the first well within the Zarghun South D&PL, situated in the Bolan Block, resulting in a discovery back in 1998. Subsequently, an appraisal well was successfully drilled in 2000. MPCL assumed operatorship of the field and secured a 35% working interest in 2003.
The development of facilities faced notable challenges and was halted until 2011.
In 2012, a significant milestone was achieved when the Dunghan formation declared as tight reservoir thus qualified for incentive pricing. MPCL undertook workovers on two wells followed by the successful commissioning of Processing Facilities with a capacity of 25 MMSCFD. The first on-spec gas supply commenced in August 2014 and allocated to SSGC (Sui Southern Gas Company) for the dedicated consumption of Quetta City.
Moreover, as part of the project’s development endeavors, two additional Development Slant Wells were successfully drilled in 2016 and 2020 and put on production utilizing the already installed processing capacity of the field.